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Sidy Cissoko

G · 6′6″ · Current team: Portland Trail Blazers

Playoffs · First round · Game 5 · Apr 28, 2026 · POR 95 @ SAS 114 · Final

Sidy Cissoko 11 points vs Spurs (Apr 28, 2026): First round Game 5

ANSWER

11 PTS · 4-of-6 FG · 2-of-3 3P · 1-of-1 FT · 19:54 MIN

Usual: 2025-26 regular season, 75 games, Oct 27 – Apr 12 (5.1 PTS · 4.5 FGA · 19.1 MIN)

Game Score 11.8 against a usual 3.6 (+8.2)

SURPRISE SCORE
96Unusual
above usual

Playoff game · against the 2025-26 regular season

No more than 4 in 100 games by players at this level finish this far above their usual: playoff games, each against the player's regular-season usual.

How the score works

Why did Sidy Cissoko score 11 points?

In Game 5 of the first round against the Spurs on Apr 28, 2026, Sidy Cissoko scored 11 points in 19:54: 4-of-6 from the field, 2-of-3 from three, 1-of-1 on free throws. Coming in, Cissoko had averaged 5.1 points on 4.5 shots in 19.1 minutes, from 75 regular-season games. From threes, 6 points against a usual 2.3; from two-pointers, 4 points against a usual 2.0. Minutes: 19:54, against a usual 19.1; Game Score per 36 minutes: 21.3, against a usual 6.7. Cissoko had 3 steals and 0 blocks, against a usual 0.7 and 0.3. At the Spurs, the Trail Blazers lost 114-95. The box score records what changed, not why: it holds no injury, matchup or coaching information.

Generated from the box score and this season's game log. How the score works

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What changed

Cissoko in this game against the usual line

This game against the usual line
StatThis gameUsual (75 games)Change
Minutes19:5419.1+0.8
Points115.1+5.9
Shots (FGA) · FG%4-of-64.5 · 39.8%+1.5
3PA · 3P%2-of-32.6 · 29.8%+0.4
FTA · FT%1-of-11.2 · 65.9%-0.2
Rebounds42.2+1.8
Assists01.5-1.5
Turnovers00.9-0.9
UsageUsual: minutes-weighted average of per-game usage, 72 games13.712.7+1.0
Game Score per 36 minutes21.36.7+14.6
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Points by shot type

Twos, threes and free throws: the changes add up to the points change

Points by shot type against the usual line
Shot typeThis gameUsual (75 games)Change
Threes6 (2-of-3)2.3 (0.8-of-2.6)+3.7
Twos4 (2-of-3)2.0 (1.0-of-1.9)+2.0
Free throws1 (1-of-1)0.8 (0.8-of-1.2)+0.2
Total115.1+5.9
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Game Score

One measure of the whole box score line

11.8 against a usual 3.6 (+8.2)

Its five parts
The change in Game Score, by part
PartChange
Scoring, net of shot attempts+5.8
Rebounds+1.0
Assists-1.0
Steals and blocks+2.1
Turnovers and fouls+0.3
Total+8.2
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This postseason so far

Playoff games in date order, this game last; no score

This postseason's games, oldest first, this game last
DateRoundOppMINPTSREBASTGame Score
Apr 19, 2026First round · Game 1@ SAS0:54010-0.4
Apr 24, 2026First round · Game 3vs SAS1:000000.0
Apr 26, 2026First round · Game 4vs SAS4:24001-1.4
Apr 28, 2026This gameFirst round · Game 5@ SAS19:54114011.8
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Context

From the rows this page already reads

  • The Trail Blazers lost 114-95 at the Spurs.
  • Previous appearance: Apr 26, 2026, 2 days earlier.
  • Earlier in this series: 0 points (Game 1), 0 points (Game 3), 0 points (Game 4).
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What this page cannot tell you

The same on every performance page

Limits

Box scores record what happened, not why: no injuries or health, defensive assignments, matchups, coaching decisions or play-by-play.

METHOD

Game Score against the player's own regular-season usual line, never blended with last season. How rare a gap is comes from NBA playoff games of 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, each postseason checked on a table fit on the others; the top tier is Rare.